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6.27.2012

you talking to me?

last week in Rehoboth we visited our favorites...crabs at Claws...daily routine of breakfast at Sammy's...carry out pizza on the beach from Grotto'sNico-boli from Nicola'sand of coursetoys from Gidget's Gadgets and The Kite Store

and then when we wanted to mix it up with some Mexican we went to a place on the main drag called Cilantrothe food was good... but the service was... well... the food was not enough to outweigh the servicein the classic style I felt as if the wait staff was trying to get us to purchase more

"would you like to try?""would you like this with that?"etc.. etc... etc...

there was one point where the waiter asked the boys if they wanted Lemonade...it is difficult... I want the boys to order for themselves... but just as they do not know portion control they do not know how to manage the checkwe are on vacation... a drink with dinner is not out of the questionso... I did not override their ordering lemonade

but when the drinks FINALLY came... the boys each took a sip and made a facea small sip... nothing more than a samplewhen they each made mention of the odd tasting lemonade in front of them I told them not to drink any moreand I gave it a tastesure enough... it was very bitterbitter and more limey than lemony

so... when the waiter came back I told him about the boys dissatisfaction with the drinksI asked him if we could "trade' these drinks for something that tastes as it shouldhe took them without any questionbut I was not sure if he understood my understanding of the deal

some time passed...the guacamole was fresh and flavorfulthe salsa with the chips had some serious bite... which is fine... Dean and I like bite... Grant avoided itthe rest of the food was also good

durning our meal I met a woman who was one of the owners.. when I tried to make conversation with her as she passed she stalled and said "you talkin to me?" it was about as gentle as Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driverwe talked... she said she had just celebrated the one year anniversary at this location

this encounter was long before our lemonade tradewhile we were involved in our meal I witnessed a disgruntle customer having words with the ownerI hushed the boys so I could listen init as no pretty... the pretense surrounded an ugly exchange that surrounded their effort to "return" their child's lemonade and their still being charged for the drink

I listened... it did not go wellwhen they were done I invited the co-owner over so I could explain that we experienced a similar situation and I had no intention of paying for something that we had to return because it was not satisfactoryshe tried giving me some this or that about how the kids play with the drink... drink half of it... then send it backI assured her that this was not the caseshe reiterated her perception of what happens on the family side of this situation

I guess "the customer is always right" is not within her business modelwe spoke about the encounter with the woman who just stormed outshe believed it ended well... I did not think that this woman would ever take her family back to this restaurant and me... I do not think I will ever return to this restaurantthere are plenty of alternativesthe food was good... but the setting was not as comfortable as it could bethe silverware quality did not match the price on the entrees and of course... the repoire with the owner was not as I felt it should be

looks like their are more than half a dozen Mexican options in Rehobothwww.google.com

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